The Fédération Nationale des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses du Luxembourg (National Scout and Guide Federation of Luxembourg, FNEL) is one of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

's Scouting

Scouting

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....

 and Guiding

Girl Guides

A Guide, Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. It is the female-centred equivalent of the Scouts. The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian...

 organizations. It is a member of the Luxembourg Boy Scouts Association

Luxembourg Boy Scouts Association

The Luxembourg Boy Scout Association is a federation of two Scout associations serving Luxembourg. Scouting in Luxembourg was founded in 1914 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922...

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This secular association is open to all boys and girls of all religions, race and nationalities. It has about 2,000 members.

History

Secular scouting in Luxembourg started in 1914. In 1916, twelve local Scout groups founded the Fédération Nationale des Eclaireurs du Luxembourg. The federation was among the founding members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

World Organization of the Scout Movement

The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...

 (WOSM) in 1922. In 1940, under the German occupation, Scouting was banned in Luxembourg. The Scout groups went underground, some members were arrested in concentration camps.

In 1945, the FNEL and the Lëtzebuerger Scouten

Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten

The Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten is one of Luxembourg's Scouting and Guiding organizations. It is a member of the Luxembourg Boy Scouts Association and of the Bureau de Liaison des Associations Guides du Luxembourg....

 founded the Luxembourg Boy Scouts Association onto which the WOSM membership was transferred. The former boys-only FNEL opened to girls in 1966 and added the words et Eclaireuses (and Girl Guides) to its name in 1971.

Program

The FNEL is one of the very few Scouting and Guiding organizations that is still today heavily influenced by the ideas of Ernest Thompson Seton

Ernest Thompson Seton

Ernest Thompson Seton was a Scots-Canadian who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America . Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting...

 and his Woodcraft

Woodcraft

Woodcraft is a recreational/educational program devised by Ernest Thompson Seton in 1902, for young people based on camping, outdoor skills and woodcrafts. Thompson Seton's Woodcraft ideas were incorporated into the early Scout movement, but also in many other organisations in many countries.In the...

 movement.

The organization has five age divisions:

• Beavers
  Beaver Scouts
  Beaver Scouts, often shortened to Beavers, is the youngest section of Scouting operated by The Scout Association in the United Kingdom. The core age range for Beaver Scouts is six to eight years, though exceptions can be granted. Individual sections of Beaver Scouts, known as a Colony, are run by...
  
   – ages 5 to 7
• Wëllefcher (Cub Scouts) – ages 8 to 11
• Scouten and Guiden (Scouts and Guides) – ages 12 to 14
• Explorers – ages 15 to 18
• Routiers (Rover Scouts
  Rover Scouts
  Rover Scouting is a service division of Scouting for young men, and in most countries, women. A group of Rovers, analogous to a Scout troop, is called a 'Crew.'...
  
  ) – ages 18 to 26

Scout Oath

Scout Promise

Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law. The wording of the Scout Promise and Scout Law have varied slightly over time and from country to...

Ech versprieche op meng Eier, mei Bescht ze dunn,

fir meng Pflichten ze erfëllen geintiwwer (Gott,) dem Land an dem Troun,

denen dei an Nout sin ze hellefen

an d'Scoutsgesetz (d'Guidegesetz) ze befollegen.

I promise on my honor to do my best

to fulfill my duties to (God,) the country and the throne,

to help those in troubles

and to follow the Scout (Guide) Law.

Scout Law

Scout Law

Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law...

• E Scout (Eng Guide) huet Disziplin.
  A Scout (a Guide) shows discipline.
• E Scout (Eng Guide) as offen a héiferlech.
  A Scout (a Guide) is open and helpful.
• All Scouten a Guide sin Bridder a Schwesteren.
  All Scouts and Guides are brothers and sisters.
• E Scout (Eng Guide) mécht säi (hiirt) Bescht fir all denen déi a Nout sin ze hëllefen.
  A Scout (a Guide) does his (her) best helping all people in troubles.
• E Scout (Eng Guide) mécht all Dag a gudd Wierk.
  A Scout (a Guide) does a Good Turn each day.
• E Scout (Eng Guide) as gudd mat den Déiren, a respektéiert d'Natur.
  A Scout (a Guide) is good to the animals and respects nature.
• E Scout (Eng Guide) hëlt alles vun der gudder Säit.
  A Scout (a Guide) always looks at the bright side.
• E Scout (Eng Guide) respektéiert wat anere gehéiert.
  A Scout (a Guide) respects property.
• E Scout (Eng Guide) as propper u Läif a Séil; hie (si) seet a mécht näischt Schlechtes.
  A Scout (a Guide) is clean on body and soul; he (she) doesn't say and do bad things.